How to Design a Useful Footer

Posted on 26. Jan, 2011 by JenniferMoline .

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Building a Digg Power User Account

Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by Jake Rocheleau .

Digg has been one of the most influential social news websites to date. They have caused a massive uproar in the community with their latest release of Digg v4. So much of the new system has changed, yet there are still some core details which haven't vanished.

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Building Backlinks and PR Juice through Blog Comments

Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 by Jake Rocheleau .

If you were told that the biggest influence in the success of any political campaign is typography, would you be surprised? You bet you would, as well as most every other voting citizen in the country.

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How To Write SEO Articles Effectively

Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by SmashingShare .

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which in essence refers to the techniques used to maximize the probability that a website will be found online. An essential element of SEO is article writing. Original, effective and useful content is the lifeline of any website, since this is how they get found online. It is therefore [...]

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Leveraging Pligg-Powered Social Media Networks

Posted on 23. Nov, 2010 by Jake Rocheleau .

As Internet marketers we are always looking for the next revolutionary wave of marketing prowess to descend into. This started with the invent of social media and how quickly ideas are able to spread between networks. These can include services such as Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, and StumbleUpon.

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Proper SEO Structure in Blog Articles

Posted on 22. Nov, 2010 by Jake Rocheleau .

Wordpress is the most popular CMS in the open source market today. We hear talk about it all the time in news blogs and social media feeds. It's powering many popular digital magazines such as Joystiq and Engadget.

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Identifying Personas for User-Centric Web Design (Introduction)

Posted on 25. Oct, 2010 by Ann Smarty .

There are almost 7 billion different people currently living on earth. Most of those won’t be potential users of the site you are developing, but identifying the user groups plays an important part in creating a usable website. Creating user personas is one way in which web designers can come to develop a better understanding [...]

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How to Become a Better Writer

Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by liorl .

Writing is not easy but it is one of the few things every blogger, regardless of the main medium they work in, will have to do at some point. No matter what you create, you have to put words on the screen and, when you do, those words need to be accurate, interesting and engaging in order to keep your readers. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a great writer to be a good blogger. A mediocre writer with a compelling story will beat a great writer without one. Still, you don’t want your writing to be an anchor weighing down your message.

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How to Successfully Grow Your Business

Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by SmashingShare .

If you have started a business and it is doing well, now is the time to start thinking about a growth strategy. If you get too complacent, you can miss out on future opportunities and risk not having a contingency plan when you begin to deplete your current sources of revenue. Growing a business can [...]

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How to get your first job as a web designer

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Roman Leinwather .

We have all started in this wonderful industry as a newbie, with no experience and little knowledge in the field, but hey, we are here, doing what we love so there must be a way in. In this article I am going to tell you what you should do before you start looking for your first job as a web designer. You might not have any knowledge about developing for the web but do not worry; I will tell you what I did that got me into this industry a couple years ago.

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How To Judge A Logo

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Gagandeep Singh .

I really don’t like people who base their opinions about somebody or someone only on first impression, but in a world where all around us you can find multiple opportunities this could be decisive. When we are talking about the online world then a logo is equivalent to the first impression. Thus judging the great importance of the logo is revealed…but another question is how to judge the quality of a logo?

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9 Blog Post Ideas For Business

Posted on 03. May, 2010 by Geoffrey Gordon .

Coming up with fresh content is not always easy if you are in charge of a blog. And the better the blog becomes, the higher the expectations are from its readers. If you are a regular blogger, it may be challenging to think of new topics and ideas to blog about. Even I battle from time to time. I have a few half finished posts that didn't quite come out as nicely as I hoped. So I thought… why not share some of those ideas with you, my fellow bloggers to help kick start the creative juices!

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